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HTMLElement: lostpointercapture event

The lostpointercapture event is fired when a captured pointer is released.

Bubbles Yes
Cancelable No
Interface PointerEvent
Event handler property onlostpointercapture

Examples

This example listens for the lostpointercapture event for an element, and captures the pointer for the element on pointerdown. When the user subsequently releases the pointer, the lostpointercapture event will be fired.

const para = document.querySelector('p');

para.addEventListener('lostpointercapture', () => {
  console.log('I\'ve been released!')
});

para.addEventListener('pointerdown', (event) => {
  para.setPointerCapture(event.pointerId);
});

The same example, but using the onlostpointercapture event handler property:

const para = document.querySelector('p');

para.onlostpointercapture = () => {
  console.log('I\'ve been released!')
};

para.addEventListener('pointerdown', (event) => {
  para.setPointerCapture(event.pointerId);
});

Specifications

Specification
Pointer Events
# the-lostpointercapture-event

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
lostpointercapture_event
57
17
59
No
44
13
57
57
79
43
13
7.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/lostpointercapture_event